Deck 2: Population and Health

Question 1

Why is physiological density sometimes used by geographers instead of arithmetic density to describe how many people are in a given area?

A) Physiological density takes into account how the people feel about where they live.
B) Physiological density is used to understand the number of people supported by arable land.
C) Physiological density and arithmetic density mean the same thing.
D) Physiological density takes into account migration patterns.
E) Physiological density is more reliable because it is based on census calculations.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Wealthier countries have lower values than poorer countries for all but which demographic measure?

A) life expectancy
B) natural increase rate
C) total fertility rate
D) crude birth rate
E) infant mortality rate

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Country X has a crude birth rate of 40 and a crude death rate of 15,while Country Y has a crude birth rate of 20 and a crude death rate of 9.Which country has a higher natural increase rate?

A) Country X
B) Country Y
C) The rate is the same in both countries.
D) The rate depends on total population, so it can't be computed from this information.
E) The rate depends on immigration, so it can't be computed from this information.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following is not one of the world's largest population concentrations?

A) East Asia
B) South Asia
C) Southeast Asia
D) Western Europe
E) North America

Question 5

The most common measure of density,the number of people per area of land,is known as ________ density.

A) arithmetic
B) physiological
C) mathematic
D) geometric
E) agricultural

Question 6

A country with a large amount of arable land and a small number of farmers will have a

A) high physiological density.
B) low physiological density.
C) high agricultural density.
D) low agricultural density.
E) low arithmetic density.

Question 7

The most populous country in the Southeast Asia region is

A) Bangladesh.
B) China.
C) India.
D) Indonesia.
E) Thailand.

Question 8

Land not suited for agriculture is called

A) arable land.
B) dry lands.
C) wet lands.
D) arid land.
E) desert.

Question 9

The vast majority of the human population is accounted by the sum of these regions:

A) Asia, Africa, North America, Europe.
B) East-Asia, Europe, South America, Africa.
C) East-Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, and Asia.
D) South America, North America, Africa, Europe.
E) Asia, Africa, United States, Indonesia.

Question 10

Land suited for agriculture is called

A) population density.
B) agricultural density.
C) physiological density.
D) arid land.
E) arable land.

Question 11

The world's most populous country is

A) China.
B) India.
C) the United States.
D) Russia.
E) Europe.

Question 12

What can you say about the distribution of population concentration in Brazil?

A) very evenly distributed throughout the country
B) People tend to live near the coastal regions.
C) mostly in the North part of the country
D) in the highland areas
E) in the coffee producing areas

Question 13

Physiological density is the number of

A) acres of farmland.
B) farmers per area of farmland.
C) people per area of land.
D) people per area suitable for agriculture.
E) farm animals per area suitable for agriculture.

Question 14

Human beings avoid all but which of these regions?

A) cold lands
B) dry lands
C) warm lands
D) wet lands
E) high lands

Question 15

One important feature of the world's population with the most significant future implications is that

A) the natural increase rate is larger every year.
B) there are fewer people in the world now than at the peak in the middle of the twentieth century.
C) the most rapid growth is occurring in the less developed countries.
D) people are uniformly distributed across Earth.
E) the less developed countries have the highest combined crude death rate.

Question 16

A region with a small amount of arable land and a large number of farmers will have a(n)

A) efficient agricultural practice.
B) low physiological density.
C) overpopulation.
D) high agricultural density.
E) low arithmetic density.

Question 17

A country with a high physiological density has

A) a lot of people.
B) a lot of people for every unit of farmland.
C) a lot of farmers for every unit of farmland.
D) a lot of farmland.
E) a lot of farmland for every farmer.

Question 18

The ________ rate in more developed countries is higher on average than in less developed countries.

A) birth
B) natural increase
C) infant mortality
D) total fertility
E) death

Question 19

The Indus and Ganges river plains hold a major part of what world population cluster?

A) South Asia
B) East Asia
C) Europe
D) Southeast Asia

Question 20

If the physiological density is much larger than the arithmetic density,then a country has

A) inefficient farmers.
B) a large number of farmers.
C) a small percentage of land suitable for agriculture.
D) too many people for the available resources.
E) too few farmers for the large area of land suitable for agriculture.

Question 21

Thomas Malthus concluded that

A) population increased arithmetically while food production increased geometrically.
B) the world's rate of population increase was higher than the development of food supplies.
C) moral restraint was producing lower crude birth rates.
D) population growth was outpacing available resources in every country.
E) crude birth rates must balance crude death rates.

Question 22

If a country had a population of 1 million in the year 1980 and the population increased at a constant rate of natural increase of 7%,what would be the doubling time? (remember this is exponential growth)

A) about 3 years
B) about 7 years
C) about 10 years
D) about 15 years
E) about 20 years

Question 23

Which stage of the demographic transition cannot be found anywhere in the world today?

A) Stage 1
B) Stage 2
C) Stage 3
D) Stage 4

Question 24

Geographers define overpopulation as

A) too many people in the world.
B) too many people compared to environmental capacity.
C) too many people in a region.
D) All of these answers are correct.

Question 25

Stage 2 of the Demographic Transition is characterized by a high ________ rate.

A) natural increase
B) death
C) life
D) natural decrease
E) longevity

Question 26

Country X has a crude birth rate of 40 and a crude death rate of 15.In what stage of the demographic transition is this country?

A) Stage 1
B) Stage 2
C) Stage 3
D) Stage 4
E) Stage 5

Question 27

If a county has a NIR of 50 and CBR of about 40,what stages of the demographic transition could it be in?

A) Stage 1 or 4
B) Stage 2 or 4
C) Stage 3 or 4
D) Stage 2 or 3
E) Stage 1 or 2

Question 28

The principal reason for declining natural increase rates in less developed countries today is

A) increasing crude birth rates.
B) declining crude birth rates.
C) increasing crude death rates.
D) declining crude death rates.
E) balanced natural increase rates.

Question 29

Stages 1 and 4 of the Demographic Transition are similar in that

A) both have low growth rates.
B) both have high dependency ratios.
C) both have low life expectancies.
D) neither is presently observed.

Question 30

The lowest crude death rates are found in countries at which stage of the demographic transition?

A) Stage 1
B) Stage 2
C) Stage 3
D) Stage 4
E) Stage 5

Question 31

Which stage of the demographic transition are the world's richest countries in?

A) Stage 1
B) Stage 2
C) Stage 3
D) Stage 4

Question 32

The highest natural increase rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition?

A) Stage 1
B) Stage 2
C) Stage 3
D) Stage 4
E) Stage 5

Question 33

The percentage by which a population grows in a year is called ________.Most of this growth occurs in ________ countries.The Continent with the highest rate is ________.

A) growth rate, populated, South Asia
B) doubling time, populated, Asia
C) natural increase rate, industrial, Asia
D) natural increase rate, developing, Africa
E) doubling time, developing, Africa

Question 34

Denmark is currently in Stage 4.This means that they have

A) 0 or negative NIR, very low CBR, and low, slightly increasing CDR.
B) very low CBR, very high CDR, and moderate NIR.
C) constant CBR, CDR, and NIR.
D) moderate NIR but high CBR.
E) few elderly people, increasing CBR for young people only.

Question 35

The highest crude death rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition?

A) Stage 1
B) Stage 2
C) Stage 3
D) Stage 4
E) Stage 5

Question 36

The lowest crude birth rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition?

A) Stage 1
B) Stage 2
C) Stage 3
D) Stage 4
E) Stage 5

Question 37

Rapidly declining crude death rates are found in which stage of the demographic transition?

A) Stage 1
B) Stage 2
C) Stage 3
D) Stage 4
E) Stage 5

Question 38

The average number of births women bear in their lifetimes is

A) crude birth rate.
B) crude death rate.
C) total fertility rate.
D) natural increase rate.
E) increasing in more developed countries.

Question 39

Choose the best answer for how geographers define overpopulation.

A) a condition in which the number of people in an area exceeds the capacity of the environment
B) crowded conditions
C) a condition in which the number of people in an area exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living
D) too many people in a given area
E) a condition in which the number of families in an area outnumber the capacity of that area to provide adequate housing

Question 40

In comparing Malthus's theory to actual world food production and population growth during the past half-century,the principal difference is that

A) actual food production has been much higher than Malthus predicted.
B) Malthus's theory predicted much higher food production than has actually occurred.
C) actual population growth has been much higher than Malthus predicted.
D) Malthus's theory predicted much higher population growth than has actually occurred.
E) population increased geometrically while food production increased arithmetically.

Question 41

Dr.John Snow found that cholera cases in London were

A) spatially associated with a certain public wells.
B) being punished for their sins.
C) transmitted through the air in contagious diffusion.
D) spread through trade routes by infected rats.

Question 42

Which stage of the epidemiological transition is known as the stage of "receding pandemics"?

A) Stage 1
B) Stage 2
C) Stage 3
D) Stage 4
E) Stage 5

Question 43

Which stage of the epidemiological transition is known as the stage of "pestilence and famine"?

A) Stage 1
B) Stage 2
C) Stage 3
D) Stage 4
E) Stage 5

Question 44

Japan is faced with a shortage of workers because of the aging and declining population.How are they attempting to address this problem?

A) encouraging more Japanese people to work
B) relying mostly on new immigrants
C) shifting to more automation in the factories that don't require so many workers
D) encouraging Japanese to adopt children from other countries
E) They are not addressing it and hoping the economy decreases.

Question 45

Which stage of the epidemiological transition is known as the stage of "degenerative diseases"?

A) Stage 1
B) Stage 2
C) Stage 3
D) Stage 4
E) Stage 5

Question 46

Which of the following is not a reason for the reemergence of infectious diseases?

A) poverty
B) evolution
C) improved travel
D) improved medicine

Question 47

Which stage of the epidemiological transition is known as the stage of "delayed degenerative diseases"?

A) Stage 1
B) Stage 2
C) Stage 3
D) Stage 4
E) Stage 5

Question 48

As a country moves through the demographic transition,we can expect its elderly support ratio to

A) increase.
B) decrease.
C) stay the same.
D) None of these: the elderly support ratio isn't affected by the demographic transition.

Question 49

Which stage of the epidemiological transition is known as the stage of "reemergent infectious diseases"?

A) Stage 1
B) Stage 2
C) Stage 3
D) Stage 4
E) Stage 5

Question 50

Japan is dealing with economic concerns about an aging population by

A) increasing the birth rate.
B) encouraging older people and women to work.
C) shifting jobs overseas.
D) encouraging immigration.

Question 51

The One Child Policy was effective at reducing the natural increase rate in

A) India.
B) Nigeria.
C) Sierra Leone.
D) China.
E) Cape Verde.

Question 52

Which is not true?

A) The epidemiologic transition focuses on distinctive health threats in each stage of the demographic transition.
B) The Black Plague occurred in Stage 1.
C) In the 19th and 20th century, Cholera has been a troubling pandemic primarily in Stage 1 countries.
D) Stage 4 countries have experience an increase in obesity.
E) The incidents of cancer increase in Stage 3 primarily because there are more old people.

Question 53

The most lethal epidemic in recent years has been

A) avian flu.
B) AIDS.
C) malaria.
D) cholera.
E) SARS.

Question 54

A country goes through

A) the epidemiological transition and the demographic transition simultaneously.
B) first the demographic transition, then the epidemiological transition.
C) first the epidemiological transition, then the demographic transition.
D) the demographic transition first if it's a more developed country.
E) the epidemiological transition first if it's a more developed country.

Question 55

What three reasons are used to explain the possible emergence of a Stage 5 epidemiologic transition?

A) poverty, increased knowledge, evolution
B) poverty, evolution, increased connections
C) wars, evolution, lack of financial aid
D) wealth, evolution, increased connections
E) wealth, increased connections, less productive agriculture

Question 56

Infectious diseases develop resistance to ________ when used improperly.

A) antibiotics
B) people
C) infants
D) degeneration
E) DDT

Question 57

The future may hold a new stage of the demographic transition marked by

A) a return to stage 1 conditions.
B) a negative natural increase rate.
C) increasing family size.
D) a reversal of the stages.
E) population stability at Stage 4.

Question 58

The number of people who are too young or too old to work in a society compared to the number of working age people is the

A) dependency ratio.
B) life expectancy.
C) population pyramid.
D) sex ratio.
E) demographic ratio.

Question 59

To calculate a country's dependency ratio,one needs to know the country's population and

A) the number of children still receiving financial support from their parents.
B) the number of people who are actively looking for work but are unable to find it.
C) all of a country's population younger than age 15 or older than age 64.
D) the number younger than age 15.
E) the number older than age 64.

Question 60

The epidemiological transition focuses on distinctive ________ at different stages of the demographic transition.

A) patterns of growth
B) causes of death
C) rates of growth
D) life expectancies
E) fertility rates

Question 61

One approach to decreasing birth rates is to increase the education of

A) children.
B) contraceptives.
C) women.
D) men.
E) college graduates.

Question 62

India is predicted to be the most populous country in the world by 2030.Do you think they should adopt a One Child Policy similar to the one China implemented? Explain.

Question 63

Explain why or why not it is possible for a country's IMR to be higher than its CBR.

Question 64

The ________ is the number of people who are too young or too old to work,compared to the number of people in their productive years.

A) fertility rate
B) poverty level
C) infant mortality rate
D) population pyramid
E) dependency ratio

Question 65

Arranging a country's population along a bar graph representing ages and genders creates a population

A) pyramid.
B) graph.
C) demograph.
D) map.
E) line.

Question 66

Compare the birth control policies of India and China.

Question 67

What does a wide base in a population pyramid suggest?

A) likely Stage 3 or 4 because people are living longer
B) likely Stage 1 or 2 because of very low CBR
C) likely Stage 1 or 2 because of the high percentage of very young people
D) a strong economy that provides the means for large families
E) very high infant mortality rates

Question 68

A key obstacle to declining birth rates is

A) religious opposition to some birth control methods.
B) economic incentives in favor of smaller families.
C) women attending school in greater numbers.
D) increased health care leading to decreased infant mortality.
E) increased distribution of contraceptives.

Question 69

Identify and compare two different methods to decrease the birth rate in less developed countries.

Question 70

Why does Mexico have a lower crude death rate than the United States and why does Vietnam have a lower crude death rate than Sweden?

Question 71

What country stands out as being a developed country where private individuals are required to pay the majority of health care?

A) United States
B) Germany
C) England
D) Japan
E) Australia

Question 72

For every 1,000 babies born in India in 2011,an estimated 50 of them will have died before reaching their first birthday.The rate of 50 deaths per 1,000 births is known as the

A) crude death rate.
B) infant mortality rate.
C) life expectancy.
D) total fertility rate.
E) terminal population rate.

Question 73

According to Malthus,population increases geometrically,while food supply increases arithmetically.What was the basis for this argument?

Question 74

Referring to Figure 2.11.4,which of the following is not true?

A) In terms of percentage, the pill is used much more in Germany as compared to China.
B) A high percentage of Nigerians use family planning.
C) China is notable for practicing female sterilization.
D) China is notable for using IUD.
E) The pill is the preferred method of family planning in Germany.

Question 75

What evidence is there for an emergence of Stage 5 of the epidemiologic transition?

Question 76

Summarize the main stages of the demographic transition.